Update: Four people from Mid Ulster killed on roads in devastating weekend

The scene at Tulloyhogue, outside Cookstown where a 23 year old woman lost her life.

Published:08:35Monday 13 April 2015

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The number of people from Mid Ulster killed in road accidents over the weekend has risen to four.

As well, as the two women Jayne Burnside [23] and Bernie McNicholl who was in her fifties, it has emerged that the crash victim in Strabane was Sean McElwee from Cookstown, while a lorry driver killed on the M1 near Drogheda was Richard Patterson originally from Stewartstown.

Road Traffic Collision - Moneymore Road - Cookstown

A man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after Sean McElwee was killed.

He died after a car and a lorry were involved in a collision on the Melmount Road near Strabane at around 10pm on Saturday.